Sigh, termites are back in our house. The house we purchased has a history of termites. The last owner really let it go and there is at least two replacement beams in the basement and new columns poured. <\/p>\n
Well, I’m gutted to find new hanging tunnels over the weekend hanging from the joist in the exposed part of the basement. The back half of the basement (approx. 21ft x 16ft) is the old plaster and metal lath ceiling that has been untouched (we do see some termite bait traps attached to it.) I’m super worried now. <\/p>\n
So we are thinking of tearing EVERYTHING out (inculding above the furnace and boiler) and have all the wood treated with Boracare? Is that a good idea? I know there are conduit up there and I see values and stuff sticking out.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sigh, termites are back in our house. The house we purchased has a history of termites. The last owner really let it go and there is at least two replacement beams in the basement and new columns poured. Well, I’m gutted to find new hanging tunnels over the weekend hanging from the joist in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14647,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-44991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-demolition"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/termites-are-ba\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Termites are Back. Demo Plaster Ceiling?","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/termites-are-ba\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/06\/termites-are-ba\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Demolition","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"helppls"}],"creator":["helppls"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-06-07T11:45:24Z","datePublished":"2010-06-07T11:45:24Z","dateModified":"2010-06-08T07:45:12Z"},"rendered":"